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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, released the following statement today in response to reports that the American International Group Inc. (AIG) is considering joining a lawsuit against the U.S. government claiming that the terms of the bailout were unfair:
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee and one of the co-authors of the Biggert-Waters flood insurance reform law released the following statement today after passage of H.R. 41, a $9.7 billion flood insurance portion of the Sandy Disaster Relief Package:
It does not seem like it would be difficult for regulators to block felons and other law-breakers from pitching private investment deals to unsophisticated customers, but nearly 20 months after proposing its "bad actor" rule, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is having trouble finalizing it.
Rep. Maxine Waters, who will take over as top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee next year, is urging the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to delay implementation of certain derivatives rules set to go into effect Jan. 1.
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters was sworn in as a Member of the 113th Congress. This marks the beginning of Congresswoman Waters' twelfth term in office. She will now represent California's 43 rd Congressional District (previously 35th) which includes the communities of
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) released the following statement today after the 112th Congress ended, and House GOP leaders failed to advance the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).